Sissy blushed, and stood up. “So you would carpet your room--or your husband’s room, if you were a grown woman, and had a husban
d--with representations of flowers, would you,” said the gentleman. “Why would you?” “If you please, sir, I am very fond of flowers,” returned the girl.
Sissy’s response in the passage from Hard Times by Charles Dickens shows that she is guided by _____.
1her family’s experiences
2her social role
3facts and reasoning
4imagination and personal preference
<em>Option 4. Sissy's response in the passage from "Hard Times" by Charles Dickens shows that she is guided by her imagination and personal preferences.</em>
Explanation:
In the novel, Sissy Jupe is a kind, caring and good spirited girl, that even though was abandoned by her father and now works as a servant, never loses her optimism and good manners. In the passage, Sissy's response shows her user of imagination as she responds with a hypothetical case that she manufactured in her mind, but that also shows her personal preferences on the things she likes.
